Islanders fall twice on the road against Sam Houston State

Apr 17, 2011

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Texas A&M - Corpus
Christi softball team was unable to come up with any rhythm on
offense on Saturday as they fell by 1-0 and 5-2 finals in a
Southland Conference doubleheader against Sam Houston State. The
two teams play the final game of the series beginning at 12 p.m. on
Sunday.

The Islanders move to 33-13 overall and 17-6
in Southland games while the Bearkats improved to 17-25 this season
and are now 9-10 in league games.

Greta
Cecchetti started game one and gave up just one run on four
hits with one walk and one strikeout, but she was tagged with the
hard-luck loss to move to 7-4 as the offense was unable to score
any runs. Vianca
Pesina started game two and fell to 10-3 after giving up three
runs on seven hits with one walk and no strikeouts. Constance
Brandenburg came on in relief and gave up two runs, one of them
earned, on two hits and one walk in two innings.

In game two, the Bearkats scored first with a
solo home run in the bottom of the first on Tori Benavidez's first
homer of the year for a 1-0 lead.

Sam Houston added two runs in the bottom of
the fourth and tacked on two more in the sixth on a two-run home
run by Erin Burford, her first of the season, to make it a 5-0
advantage.

The Islanders finally broke through in the
seventh inning, scoring two runs on three hits with Sandy
Schumann starting things off on a hustle single to the pitcher
as she slid head first into the bag. She was eliminated from the
base path on a Hannah
Schwarz fielder's choice followed by a Lauren
Sanders single down the left field line to put runners on first
and second. Caley
Jeter then had the only RBI of the day when she singled to
right field to score Schwarz while Sanders came around to score
when the ball got by the right fielder on an error that allowed
Jeter to move all the way to third.

Kacie
Smith followed by reaching on a fielder's choice while Jeter
was back safe at third after getting caught in a rundown. Texas
A&M - Corpus Christi looked to have a rally started with just
one out and a Lauren
Dodson walk to load the bases, but a popup and a groundout
ended the game at 5-2.

Sanders led the team with a 3-for-4 game while
Schwarz picked up two hits with Jeter, Cassie
Redman and Schumann picking up one apiece. Jeter had the only
RBI of the day for the Islanders.

In the first game, the Islanders offense was
never able to get on track as they could never get more than one
runner on in any inning. They had just two hits and did not draw a
walk until the top of the seventh inning with two outs.

The best opportunity to score came in the
fifth when Smith reached and advanced to second on an error by the
left fielder to start the inning. A Dodson groundout moved Smith to
third base with one out, but a strikeout and a groundout ended the
threat for Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.

Live stats and audio for game three on Sunday
at 12 p.m. will be available by visiting www.GoIslanders.com.